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“I have retouched this part—polished that—softened this feature—brought out that muscle—given some expression to this lip, and more energy to that limb.”

From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Smiles, Samuel

I have retouched it very little," says the editor in his preface, "as I was anxious to preserve Madame Lola's distinctly original style.

From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace

Others again have come after him and have retouched them, sometimes, no doubt, making them smoother, and striking out morsels which would naturally become unintelligible to later readers.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

"I have retouched this part—polished that—softened this feature—brought out that muscle— given some expression to this lip, and more energy to that limb."

From How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success by Calhoon, Major A.R.

It is wholly improbable that he would interfere with so rude a piece of art; nor has his name been recorded among the artists who are known to have retouched or repaired it.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis